Governor Palin

Daniel Ihonvbere on September 28th, 2008

Since Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska was chosen as the Vice Presidential candidate of the Republican party, she has gone on the campaign trail burnishing an image of a “reformer” and as someone who can get things done and “stand up to big oil”. As she gleefully mentioned at the Republican National Convention in early [...]

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Daniel Ihonvbere on September 28th, 2008

“In all due respect, people going around and… sticking a microphone while conversations are being held, and then all of a sudden that’s—that’s a person’s position… This is a free country…” – Senator John McCain The more this campaign cycle goes on, the more Americans seem to be getting to know what can aptly be [...]

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Daniel Ihonvbere on August 31st, 2008

In this earlier post, I made the argument that if Senator Barack Obama “announces a male Vice Presidential candidate, he should be sure that the Republicans and Senator John McCain will use that against him in the general elections, or worse yet, introduce a female VP candidate”. That indeed became reality now that both candidates [...]

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